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- Oct. 21 , 2011
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Walmart SKU Reversal Pays Off; Ford Sees Low Wage Cost Growth in New Contract; Import Fees Up Substantially, though Few Know it; Sainsybury's Sets Agressive Carbon Emissions Goals
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30% |
Amount of absolute carbon emissions throughout its extended supply chain UK grocer Sainsbury's said it will eliminate by 2020, according to a new 20 x 20 plan the retailer recently announced. That includes 19 other Sustainability goals Sainsbury's says it intends to achieve by the end of the decade. The 30% reduction would represent an impressive 65% reduction in carbon emissions per dollar of sales compared to 2005. Sainsbury's says it will get a lot more involved in its suppliers' supply chains to make this happen, and will invest one billion pounds in the program.
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The new cost per hour of labor for Ford under the new agreement signed with United Autoworkers Union, up less than 1% from the $58.00 level Ford currently has. Ford, however, says it estimates that Toyota pays its non-union workers just $50.00 per hour. Key to the deal, Ford said, are changes to work rules that will enable it to deploy workers in more productive team-based groups.
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The little understood increase in merchandise processing fees for goods imported into the US, a provision hidden in the recently passed free trade agreements with South Korea, Columbia and Panama. The federal fee will rise from .21% to .3464% based on the value of the cargo. The cap of $485 per shipment will not be changed, but the cap will apply when cargo value reaches $140,011. With the older rate, the fee was capped at cargo valued at $230,952. This will have the biggest impact on importers of low value goods, who will see margins hit.
